A New Vision and Strategy for the Future of NASCO!
NASCO’s Parties have worked incredibly hard together to agree a new strategy to guide the Organization’s work for the next ten years, as well as a new vision, mission and objectives for the Organization.
Our Vision
The decline of wild Atlantic salmon has reversed and populations are recovering to healthy and resilient levels across their range.
Our Mission
NASCO will support and promote urgent and transformative actions directed at the protection, conservation and restoration of wild Atlantic salmon throughout the species’ range.
Our Strategic Goal
Within the next 10 years, NASCO’s goal is to prioritise and drive actions necessary to slow the decline of wild Atlantic salmon populations and demonstrate that restoration is possible.
Our Objectives
NASCO will:
- Ensure the best evidence-based information is compiled and accessible to address the critical challenges and threats to wild Atlantic salmon at the North Atlantic scale, which are amplified by the climate crisis.
- Use the information gathered through Objective 1 to ensure that guidance reflecting best management practice is produced and readily available to those seeking to take action to protect wild Atlantic salmon.
- Actively promote sustainable conservation and management practices by sharing best practice and holding Parties and jurisdictions accountable in implementing NASCO recommendations and guidance.
- Raise awareness and foster broad collaborative efforts with other international organizations and civil society to encourage decision-makers, the public, private sector and the scientific community to work towards solutions that overcome the challenges wild Atlantic salmon face.
- Improve its organizational practices and work in an efficient, effective, inclusive, and transparent manner.
An Action Plan has also been agreed to help the Organization reach its goals. Full details can be found here.
This work has been carried out in response to the recommendations contained in the report of NASCO’s third performance review. When considering that report, Council agreed that it had been given an opportunity to take stock of NASCO’s achievements – and constraints – and a chance to refocus the Organization’s work to respond more effectively to the pressures faced by salmon.
The WGFON has been asked to continue its work developing proposals on those recommendations which have not yet been addressed and has also been tasked with developing a fourth reporting cycle (see page 12). The Group’s proposals are available in a number of documents on the NASCO website and will be considered at the 2025 Annual Meeting. The Secretariat would like to thank all those involved in the work of the WGFON which has been a huge commitment and has required a lot of time and effort from all participants.